Gabriella is the quintessential Mom of twins who wishes she could snap her fingers like the "Practically Perfect in Everyway" Mary Poppins. Join this Reluctant Housewife in her passion for writing recipes, motherhood, shopping, reading, entertaining, and the history of holidays.

Friday, July 07, 2006

Oh Baby It's Hot Out There. Crisp and cool salads are in order. In short Salad Days are here.

In this new food blog event Summer Salad Recipes, please share one of your favorite salads or a new salad you just started making. Be creative! Be Complicated or Be Simple. Just have fun and make something yummy.

If you would like to participate in this event please email me at: msgabriellatrue @ aol dot com by Monday, August 21 with the following information and I will post a round-up a few days later.

Please be sure to include a link to My Life As A Reluctant Housewife and this Summer Salads Event within your entry. Thanks!

I love salad bars, and our nearest nice grocery (we are kind of near the inner city and this is a nice distinction--our nearest grocer is a small, old-fashioned grocery that doesn't offer such space takers as salad bars but is cheap and easy to get into, and the second closest employes gangsters or gangster-bees and I won't patronize them. I've told their management about it.)

I get small pile of the mesclun mix, a bit of carrots, red cabbage and green onion, then peas and corn, and hard boiled egg pieces and bacon. Top with Thousand Island dressing at home (I don't trust the containers in the salad bar, and a bottle of good salad dressing is cheaper than the packetized salad dressing they offer.... my current favorite is Wishbone Thousand Island with Bacon, it gives it a nice crunch).

Great idea! I was thinking about doing a theme on "hot weather food" but as usual I am a few steps behind the blogosphere. I will enjoy your roundup and maybe even participate if I can get my act together. Thanks for dropping by my blog--sorry it took me so long to return the favor. There is a lot of good stuff here! I'll be back!CheerioAndrea

About Me

Yes, a I am a Reluctant Housewife but I would not change it for the world. I love my husband and my twin toddler boys. I have yet to get a thrill from laundry or vacuuming. Making three meals a day is a chore but I still love to cook.
Please pass the bon bons and hire me a maid.
I have had a passion for cooking since the day my Mom let me pound down the freshly risen dough created from my Grandmother's bread recipe. In fifth grade I chose Julia Child as my hero to write about in English class. Growing up in the heart of New York City I was able to avidly explore the foods of the world. Since then I have catered small parties and spent hours writing and testing recipes to share with my loyal audience. I began writing about food, its culture and history for a couple of websites before I had my twins.